Dumbledore: We must bring young Harry back into the Light!
Harry: *getting dragged into a closet by Susan Bones* Screw that, it's more fun in the dark!
Speech
Thought
For those still wondering. the paring will be Harry/Hermione/Luna/Susan. I may add Neville/Hannah later on (He needs some loviin' too, don't you think?)
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"I don't see what all the fuss is!" Harry called out as Professor McGonagall ushered him back to the Gryffindor table. The Deputy-Headmasterwas surprisingly quickly to catch him as he made a move to scalp the Malfoy heir, "It can grow back."
"Well, that was fun. But, I guess we better get with the sorting." The hat called out, "Professor?" It looked towards McGonagall.
"Hm? Oh..oh yes." She replied, doing her best to retain her usual strict demeanor. Her inner feline, on the other hand, was higly agitated by now. It new something was going on, even if it didn't know what exactly; as well as growing insistent about looking after the 'kitten'. She did her best to shake it off for now before picking up the list.
Hermione and the other three boys were slack-jawed when he sat back down, "Harry! Wha..why...how!?" She stammered, looking at the blade in his hand.
Harry shrugged, "The hat just said you never know when you might need a sword. Kinda does have a point." He set the blade on the table, "Like the saying goes; Better to have something and not need it, then need something and not have."
"That's oddly deep coming from you, Harry." Dean said as they applauded Colin Creevy being sorted to their house. The poor kid nearly hyperventilated when Harry gave him a nod in greeting.
"Yeah, well I scarfed down almost a dozen chocolate frogs on the way here, what do you expect?"
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At the teacher's table, Dumbledore's mind was going like a pinball, "First, Harry severs ties with his best friend, then manages to convince Miss Ganger to do the same. Now he's become some sort of..of creature and his attitude and personality are completely different from last year, the violence he seemed keen to inflict on young Draco is proof of that..what has happened to him? WHAT?? And to top it off, he's taken Godric's sword from the hat and somehow twisted it into that..that cruel-looking weapon." His brow furrowed in thought. "I fear this is only the beginning of his fall..I must find a way to undo the damage he's done to himself and bring him out of the darkness."
Looking around the hall, he quickly noticed Ginny staring intently at Harry, "Perhaps..the Weasleys are almost as entrenched in the Light as myself.." The headmaster began concocting a plan that, alas, would earn him a karmic ass-whooping in the future.
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"Hey, there's Luna." Harry gave the girl a wave as her name was called, earning a smile from the girl and rousing Hermione's curiosity in the process.
"Who's Luna?" She asked.
"Oh, she lives near The Burrow. Place looks like a really big chess piece."
"We didn't know you knew lil Luna, Harry." Fred commented.
"Yeah, I ran into her place over the summer. She's kinda nice. A little unusual, but nice."
"She and Ginny used to be friends when they were little." George added.
"Aye, of course, little Gin Gin would always insist they play 'Wedding with Harry Potter' with her as the bride."
Harry suppressed a shiver at that. After what she was doing over the summer, that kind of knowledge didn't help,
It wasn't long before the group was broken from their thoughts when the hat suddenly busted up laughing. "HAHAHA! Oh, now that was funny!" It cried out once it could finally talk, "Merlin, I like this kid. Now, where to put you...where, indeed." The hat seemed deep in thought for a moment before speaking up, "Well, I'd have to say the best place for you would be...HUFFLEPUFF!"
Said table erupted into applause as the girl skipped over, taking a seat as Susan and Hannah scooted over to let her in. Three immediately engaged in conversation.
"That table should do her some good." C piped up, "It doesn't seem too bad compared to the way I've noticed everyone else looking at her."
Harry nodded mentally, "Yeah, those three already look like their getting along"
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McGonagall gradually went down the list until she came to the name that made Harry try to hide behind Hermione.
"Weasley, Ginny!"
George shook his head, "Maybe it won't be too bad, Harry. You'll be in different classes at least"
"Yeah, but what about the rest of the time?? Hedwig had to act as my bodyguard just so I could take a bloody nap!" He mewed pitifully as the girl shamelessly made a kissing motion to him as she went to the hat.
"Well, another Weasley..let's see.." The hat muttered, "Oh my...oh my! Good heavens! OH DEAR MERLIN, get me off this girl!" The hat shrieked as it literally jumped off her head, "I cannot, on the grounds of morel and ethical standards, subject that poor guy to this! Therefore, SLYTHERIN!"
The hall went dead quiet at the hat's proclaimation before suddenly breaking into hushed whispers...a Weasley in THAT house?
Fred and George gulped, "Mum's not gonna like this...."
Dumbledore sputtered, using his Legilimancy to contact the hat, "Are you daft!? Resort her to Gryffindor! I need her with Harry to bring him back to the Light!"
"Then YOU'RE the daft one, Headmaster!" Came the retort, "The majority of students in Slytherin are already demented, she'll fit in perfectly!"
"I insist you resort her! She is part of a Light-sided family, she MUST be in Gryffindor!"
"And I'm telling you, NO WAY! You haven't seeing what's in this girl's mind! Harry's not perfect, but he doesn't deserve that!"
Ginny, on the other hand, was livid, "WHAT!? How DARE you not put me with my Harry!? Resort me! NOW!" She hissed, trying to put the hat bck on her head.
"No way! Not Happening!" It yelled, bounding behind McGonagall, "Your head's scary!"
"My mother'll hear about this!" She screamed as McGonagall managed to usher her over to her new table, "I'll get you for this, you miserable piece of headgear!"
Draco sneered as she sat down, "Great..a blood trai.." He was cut off when Ginny wheeled around on him and snarled, making the blonde let out a very feminine shriek as he tried to put Pansy between him and her.
"Couldn't happen to a nicer guy." Harry said as the Transfiguration teacher managed to compose herself and finish reading the list.
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Kinda ended on a dry note, I'll admit,
Know the part with Ginny was kinda overkill, but it does kinda show how badly a driven fangirl can react when denied
Omake!
The Horntail growled menacingly as Harry walked into the enclosure, its eyes locked on his every move.
"Well, let's see how our fourth champion fares!" Ludo Bagman's voice called out of the area, earning cheers from some, and boos from others.
Harry took a moment to survey his situation. The dragon looked ready to fry him at a moment's notice, the clutch of eggs rsting between its front legs. "She definitely looks ready for a fight. Well, only one thing to do then." He said, closing his eyes and paws. He remained like that for a moment before opening them back up, his claws glowing a pale red.
"What's he doing?" Charlie muttered, hoping he wasn't going to try something stupid.
Harry raised his paws and a melody began to play from somewhere as he did the motions of playing a stringed insturment. He did it for a chord, then raised his head. looking the dragon right in the eye as he started to sing.
Ba ya ya ba da ba da da da da
Ba ya ya
He calmly repeated the line three more times before entering the song itself.
There used to be a graying tower alone on the sea.
You became the light on the dark side of me.
Love remained a drug that's the high and not the pill.
Everyone was taken aback by this. SINGING to a dragon?
Draco started to laugh, "Ha! Potter's gone mental!" Though he was quickly silenced (literally, and hogtied) by several nearby Muggleborns
"Wait..I..I know that song.." Susan said
"Same here." Hermione nodded, "And how come Harry never mentioned he could sing??"
But did you know,
That when it snows,
My eyes become large and
The light that you shine can be seen.
The dragon snorted as the small creature began to slowly walk towards her. She felt she should roar, or at least growl in warning, but there was something about the sound it was making. It was rhythmic and felt oddly soothing.
Baby,
I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray.
Ooh,
The more I get of you,
The stranger it feels, yeah.
And now that your rose is in bloom.
A light hits the gloom on the gray.
Harry continued to play the tune with his hands, stopping every once in a while to le the dragon focus on the music and show he wasn't a threat, "It's ok, I'm not here to hurt you." He whispered, keeping his hands in view at all times.
There is so much a man can tell you,
So much he can say.
You remain,
My power, my pleasure, my pain, baby
To me you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny.
Won't you tell me is that healthy, baby?
"Merlin, he's gonna get himself killed!" Charlie cried, ready to order the other handlers to move in. At least, until he saw something he would have never believed if he wasn't a witness.
The dragon was starting began to relax, its wings began to fold back and its tail slowly laid back on the ground.
But did you know,
That when it snows,
My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen.
The stadium was in a dead silence, seeing the same thing he was.
"That's impossible.." Kakaroff said, "You..you can't calm a dragon!"
"Well, he obviously is." Luna calmly replied.
Baby,
I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray.
Ooh, the more I get of you
The stranger it feels, yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom.
A light hits the gloom on the gray,
By now, Harry was less than thirty feet from the dragon, still looking it in the eyes. The dragon, in turn, had settled down some, lowering it's head to keep contact
He smiled, letting the tune reach a crescendo, "You're enjoying this, aren't you, girl?" He asked, still using a whisper
I've been kissed by a rose on the gray,
I've been kissed by a rose
I've been kissed by a rose on the gray,
...And if I should fall along the way
I've been kissed by a rose
...been kissed by a rose on the gray.
Hell had frozen over by now. The Horntail had finally stopped growing and snarling, in its place was an oddly relaxed look.
Dumbledorecould barely believe what he was seeing.
Bagman started looking for a drink
Madame Maxine was too busy enjoying the song to care
There is so much a man can tell you,
So much he can say.
You remain
My power, my pleasure, my pain.
To me you're like a growing addiction that I can't deny, yeah
Won't you tell me is that healthy, baby.
But did you know,
That when it snows,
My eyes become large and the light that you shine can be seen.
Harry was now within ten feet on the towering reptile. Its head was lowered enough now to were he could touch it if he was close enough, gently swaying a little with the music
Baby,
I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray.
Ooh, the more I get of you
The stranger it feels, yeah
Now that your rose is in bloom,
A light hits the gloom on the gray.
The last few feet were crossed, and he now stood right in front of a carnivore several times his size. Suddenly, he reached out, making everyone's breath to hitch, and began to gently stroke the massive creature's muzzle, causing it to let out a a soft growl of appreciation.
Yes I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the gray
Ooh, the more I get of you
The stranger it feels, yeah
And now that your rose is in bloom
A light hits the gloom on the gray
As he reached the last lines of the song, Harry closed his eyes and rested his head against the dragon's, in effect giving it a hug.
Now that your rose is in bloom,
A light hits the gloom on the gray.
He chuckled when it gently nuzzled against him, "Glad you like it. I'm really sorry you had to go through all this, girl." He said, giving it a kiss on it's snout.
Remembering the task, he quickly added, "I don't know if you can understand me, but, the crazies running this thing...they put a fake egg in your nest." He pointed to the said fake, "That yellow one right there. And they expect me to bring it back. Girl, would it be all right with you if I got it?"
Surprising even him, the horntail looked over at its eggs for a moment, and with impressive dexterity, picked the gold egg up in its claws and handed it to him.
"Thanks." He smile, giving it another hug in return.
"H-H-HARRY! Charlie was almost beside himself when the youngest champion calmly walked back to the entrance, egg in hand, "That..that..I mean..HOW?? Nobody's EVER been able walk up to a dragon like that! NOBODY!"
Harry just shrugged, "Human or not, Charlie, sometimes a girl just wants to be sung to when their upset."
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What'd you think of my first omake? The saying 'music soothes the savage beast' just kinda popped into my head when I was writing.
Dunno how true that is, so I apologize in advance to any lady reading if you disagree.
Song was 'Kiss From A Rose' by Seal